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“…… Request Support...... Bang...... Phil Pass ...... Attacked...... Dadada......"

At the information center of the 402nd Infantry Battalion of the U.S. Army in Kandahar, a group of officers gathered around the liaison radio and listened to the distress messages from the F Patrol in the southeast. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The sound of explosions and gunfire transmitted from the communicator was very dense, and one can imagine how hard the F-Patrol was at the moment to resist the ambush from the Afghan guerrillas.

The news soon reached the battalion commander Tony. In Russell's hands, Tony did not dare to delay, and immediately ordered the 13 M-2 infantry fighting vehicles belonging to the 1st Mechanized Infantry Company to immediately reinforce the F patrol convoy. At the same time, three AH-1W Cobra helicopter gunships stationed in the camp were ordered to immediately rush to the Fridge Pass to provide air support to the F patrol.

Soon, the terrible sirens in the camp were sounded, and the first infantry company, having received the order, immediately left the camp and galloped along the road from Kandahar to Quetta, Pakistan. Three Cobra helicopter gunships parked in the meadows of the camp also began to take off with a loud roar, also in the direction of the Phil Pass, 5 kilometers southeast of Kandahar city.

Because the information provided by Patrol F in contact was incomplete, Tony was unable to ascertain the exact number of guerrillas who had exchanged fire with Patrol F. In order to ensure that the F Patrol could be rescued this time and annihilate this arrogant guerrilla group, Tony also ordered the 2nd and 3rd Infantry Companies to be ready and ready to support at any time.

Tony. Russell, the commander of a mech-infantry battalion, is only 33 years old today. The 33-year-old lieutenant colonel battalion commander is a rookie and an officer with unlimited future achievements no matter what country he is in.

But Tony wasn't complacent. When his 402nd Mechanized Infantry Battalion was assigned a mission, Tony took the initiative to ask to be stationed in Kandahar, the Taliban's lair; In his opinion, Kandahar, as the Taliban's nest, must be the place where the Taliban's influence is most concentrated. Stationed in such a place, there will be many battles waiting for him. What do military men crave? It's not about fighting and fighting again!

Only by winning the battle can we get more honor. Tony. Russell is no exception.

But after the 402nd Mechanized Infantry Battalion was stationed in Kandahar, Tony felt that he had made the wrong choice. Although this is the nest of the Taliban, it is the place where it started. But there are no formed Taliban forces here. If there is, it is hidden in the mountains of the border area. Fighting there is definitely not an advantage for the heavy infantry battalion. If it's the 10th Mountain Division, it's pretty much the same.

In addition to frequent suicide attacks, Tony's 402nd Mechanized Infantry Battalion rarely encountered large-scale guerrillas. Compared to Kandahar, other places are fighting vigorously. Guerrillas of various kinds, ranging from a dozen to more than 100 people, attacked the US troops stationed in Afghanistan. Every time Tony got a military briefing, he stared dryly.

The attack on Patrol F made Tony very excited. The Patrol had one infantry fighting vehicle and two Humvee armoured vehicles. With such a strong strength, I have to ask for support. It shows that the guerrillas who attacked the US army were large.

A mouse is only called a mouse when it is in a hole, and when it is out of a hole, it is called prey!

Tony didn't understand why the Taliban guerrillas would voluntarily go out of the mountains and attack a U.S. patrol 5 kilometers away from Kandahar. But this is much easier for the US military to solve than those 'rats' hidden in the mountains.

After all, the U.S. military has too many advantages in equipment. In the case of a head-to-head match, there are almost no opponents in the world!

Thinking of this, the corners of Tony's mouth couldn't help but put a smug smile on his mouth.

…… At the Phil Pass, the exchange of fire continues.

At this moment on the road, a Humvee armored car has already caught fire. A car that is the ideal for most men in the world is destroyed by a rocket.

On the asphalt pavement, the corpses of several American soldiers lay messily. Most of the bodies of the dead American soldiers were riddled with holes and bullet holes.

The only M2 infantry fighting vehicle, which at the moment also occasionally fired with the most powerful cannon in front of it, stopped for a while. It was now rapidly retreating towards the sand on the outside of the road. Although the last Humvee car could still drive, the casualties of the American troops on it were also very large. After all, most of the Taliban militants on the top of the hill fired at the only Humvee. The M2 infantry fighting vehicle was spared by self-aware Taliban soldiers. Because they know that the armor on the M2 infantry fighting vehicle with a thickness of more than 100mm can resist the attack of 12.7mm bullets and 155mm shell fragments, which is definitely not something that the AK rifle in their hand can penetrate.

Calmaeddin was lying on the top of the hill, still holding a telescope to observe the U.S. troops below. Although the distance between the two sides was within 500 to 1,000 meters, he still had to observe carefully, hoping to find a loophole in the US military and completely annihilate the patrol convoy.

"Captain, the helicopter of the US military is here!" Suddenly, a Taliban soldier ran to Kalemaddin to report.

Startled, Kalemaddin turned his head and glanced at the sky in the direction of Kandahar, where there seemed to be three small dots. Hurriedly raised the telescope and pointed at the three small dots.

It's really a US military gunship!

Damn, how did it come so quickly! Kalemaidin cursed in his heart. At present, the US military patrol has not been eliminated, and the US military helicopter stationed in Kandahar is here again, and he doesn't have to think about it to know that the US military reinforcements on the ground must also be coming.

After thinking about it for a while, Kalemaidin turned his head and asked an officer next to him, "Did you bring the anti-aircraft missile?" ”

The Taliban are not comparable to some of the smaller armed forces in Afghanistan. After all, the Taliban regime once ruled the entire country of Afghanistan, and when resisting the Soviet invasion, the armed forces in Afghanistan received a lot of Soviet equipment. At that time, in order to support a force in Afghanistan to resist the Soviet Union's minions, the United States also assisted the Afghan Taliban with some weapons. For more than 10 years, armed forces large and small in Afghanistan have been able to easily repair or even imitate light weapons. When a big force like the Taliban ruled Afghanistan, it bought a lot of arms in the name of the Afghan state.

"Captain, this time we brought two launchers of SA-7 anti-aircraft missiles in order to guard against US helicopters. With them, the threat from the helicopters of the US military will not be too great! The officer replied confidently.

"Well, you make people ready, as long as the US military helicopter comes, give them a lesson!" Calmaedin nodded with satisfaction.

Kalemaddin then ordered some of his soldiers to carry out a final general assault on the M2 infantry fighting vehicles with rocket launchers. He wants to completely wipe out the patrol in front of him before the arrival of American military support.

Although the U.S. military patrol in front of me is also very strong, it is still inferior to the soldiers of the Taliban Guard, who have undergone rigorous training. The reason why Calmaedin did not wipe out the entire patrol at the beginning was to lure American reinforcements.

Leo watched in horror as the hordes of Taliban soldiers shouted 'Huda' and rushed down the hill in horror. More than a dozen soldiers carrying bazookas burst out of the sand on both sides of the road and fired rockets at the retreating M2 infantry fighting vehicles.

"No......" Leo exclaimed with fear as he looked at the dozen or so rockets that flew in.

"Bang ......"

The M2 infantry fighting vehicle was hit by at least 6 rockets at once in several directions. These rockets are not anti-personnel grenades, but armor-piercing shells. With the armor of an infantry fighting vehicle, it simply could not withstand the attack of so many rockets. In the panic of another Humvee and the pilot of the helicopter in the air not far away, the explosion was torn apart.

More than two hundred Taliban soldiers braved the bullets of American soldiers and rushed to the last Humvee armored car. The AK rifle in his hand came to shoot from time to time. Hit the armor on the Humvee, sparks scattered.

At this time, the driver of the Humvee had no idea of continuing the fighting, and his only thought now was to flee the place.

But just when the driver wanted to drive the Hummer back from the road, he found in the rearview mirror that there were three more cars on the road behind him, I don't know when. It's blocking the road.

The pilot and shooter of the Cobra helicopter were furious when they saw the fireball of the M2 exploding and pressed the rocket launcher.

As the rocket nest turned, 70mm rockets flew to the top of the mountain. Bringing a continuous burst of explosions, stirring up dust in the sky.

Just as the furious helicopter gunships were preparing to continue flying over the island of Phil Pass to eliminate the guerrillas.

The alarm in the helicopter suddenly sounded, and through the flat panel display and the glass of the helicopter's front cabin, the pilot and shooter in the helicopter saw two missiles with flames and white exhaust like sharp arrows, heading straight for the helicopter in the air.

"MyGod, it's a missile!" With a frightened cry from the helicopter pilot. Two anti-aircraft missiles approached the helicopter.

One of the helicopters, which was locked by missiles, was able to avoid it by throwing behind a large number of sources of interference under the skillful control of the pilot. The missile flew away almost as far as the left side of the helicopter.

The other, that is, the parent plane that was the leader, was not so lucky. Although avoiding the massive fuselage, it was hit by a missile in the propeller. The helicopter spiraled downwards in the midst of everyone's stunned eyes.

Although the pilot tries his best to ride a helicopter, can a helicopter without a propeller be called a helicopter? After the captain and shooter parachuted, the pilot, with desperate fear, landed along with the helicopter and exploded into a huge fireball.

With the example of one helicopter, the other two immediately climbed to a high altitude and evacuated to hover in the distance. Never dared to approach the Phil Pass again. The American soldiers were not so heroic, and they were not afraid of death and rushed forward.

Everything that happened here, including the crash of the helicopter, was known by the battalion headquarters in Kandahar via wireless communication.

That's when Tony realized something was wrong. An ordinary partisan would not have an anti-aircraft missile. At most, there are bazookas, which are weapons for close-range attack helicopters. Therefore, most of the helicopters that carry out military operations in Afghanistan try to fly as high as possible. Especially in mountainous areas. I was afraid that a rocket would suddenly fly out of that mountain bump.

The helicopters that supported this time were, first, to save people's hearts, and second, to underestimate the enemy. It did not occur to the other side that they had anti-aircraft missiles. Another is because the gunship of the Kandahar garrison is only a Cobra, which belongs to the first generation of gunships, although it has been technically modified, but compared to Apache, especially the Longbow Apache gunship, it is still much different.

(To be continued)